This downloadable publication from Statistics Canada highlights recent statistics on Canadian agriculture, including farm numbers and farmers' incomes. (Adobe Acrobat required). (
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/21-522-XIE/free.htm
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This site, from Environment Canada, allows you to access articles on a variety of environmental subjects. For example, you'll find details on the state of Canada's environment or the issues relating to climate change. In addition, Environment Canada's National Environment Indicators Series gives a cross-section of data relating to Canada's environment. Finally, Environment Canada's evolving web community on environmental action helps to inform and encourage local environmental action and allows participants to direct questions to environmental scientists and other specialists. (
http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html
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This article, which is a chapter from an online publication by the World Bank, deals with the economic issues surrounding anti-smoking policy, and in particular on the way in which demand elasticities for cigarette consumption affect policy-making (
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/wb/wb04.shtml
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A summary of Alfred Marshall's economic thought as well as online links to his major works are found at this site, created by Akamac E-text. (
http://www.cpm.ehime-u.ac.jp/AkamacHomePage/Akamac_E-text_Links/Marshall.html
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Current reports on income support programs, including employment insurance, the CPP and Canada Student Loans, can be accessed from this site, administered by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). This supplements the information found in the sideline "For The Public Good". (
http://www.hrdc.gc.ca/common/income.shtml
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